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Part 1 Introduction to wage inequality: two views on inequality and discrimination; labour market inequality by the numbers. Part 2 The neoclassical approach: the basics of neoclassical economics; work and wages in the neoclassical model; discrimination in the neoclassical view. Part 3 The political economy approach: the basics of political economy; work and wages in the political economy; the political economic model of discrimination. Part 4 Inequality today: where do we go from here?